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Definition of Piety
1. Noun. Righteousness by virtue of being pious.
Generic synonyms: Righteousness
Specialized synonyms: Devoutness, Religiousness, Dutifulness, Godliness
Attributes: Pious, Impious
Antonyms: Impiety
Derivative terms: Pious
Definition of Piety
1. n. Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service.
Definition of Piety
1. Noun. reverence and devotion to God ¹
2. Noun. similar reverence to one's parents and family ¹
3. Noun. a devout act or thought ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piety
1. the quality or state of being pious [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piety
Literary usage of Piety
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"BLUE-EYED Miss piety, walking sedately, Mused thus beside the classic Isis
lately : — " Must ... With terrible look for one so beautiful, Stood piety erect. ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"4), and in the New Testament first in the historical books with reference to
pre-Christian piety (John ix. 31; Acta x. 2, 7) and then in the later epistles ..."
3. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by James Legge (1899)
"FILIAL piety IN THE PRINCES OF STATES. Above others, and yet free from pride,
they dwell on high, without peril: adhering to economy, and carefully ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"He has a short letter in which he speaks of those who regard it as an essential
part of piety to visit Jerusalem and see the traces of the Passion of Christ ..."
5. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1921)
"Augustine therefore justly observes, (»») that piety and peace of mind ought to
precede, in order that a man may understand somewhat of such great subjects. ..."
6. Rome in the Nineteenth Century: Containing a Complete Account of the Ruins by Charlotte Anne Eaton (1826)
"It is the Temple of piety, erected by command of the Roman Senate, in honour of
the daughter who saved the life of her father when condemned to perish of ..."
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